#55ABCE#55ABCE

#55ABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABCE
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -15.75, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 30.08, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.066 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.097 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4455, 35.5105, 63.6830)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABCE #CE7855

analogous

#55CEB4 #55ABCE #556FCE

triadic

#55ABCE #CE55AB #ABCE55

tetradic

#55ABCE #B455CE #CE7855 #6FCE55

square

#55ABCE #B455CE #CE7855 #6FCE55

split-complementary

#55ABCE #CE556F #CEB455

monochromatic

#266883 #338EB2 #55ABCE #85C2DC #B4DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55ABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#55ABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABCE

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABCE	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4dd',
    500: '#55abce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abce;
$custom-light: #8fc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.355,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70166,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABCE

secondary

#D8B5A7

accent

#7449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABCE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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